• Ginger@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’m a woman with small hands and unfortunately smaller pockets. I don’t need a thinner phone - I need a shorter, narrower phone that’s comfortable to hold and that won’t peek out halfway from my jeans.

    So for me, the flip phone format makes a lot of sense, because companies seem intent on offering me Large or XXL Max Extra only in terms of candybar phones.

    That said, I don’t think it should be the mainstream, never mind the silly hyperbole that “every smartphone should be a flip phone”. We just generally need more size/format variety in the market.

    • BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      I would argue that what you actually need are bigger pockets, but since pants manufacturers REFUSE TO GIVE THEM TO WOMEN, I see where you’re coming from.

      • Sam Vimes@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Bigger pockets should be the norm, 100%, but it only solves half the problem.

        Hand size is a big thing too. I’d take a smaller screen if it fit my hand better. I don’t want a pop socket, I don’t want to to have to use two hands, and I don’t want to drop my phone.

        I have fairly average man sized hands and I’m not clumsy. I probably dropped my Galaxy S4/5 about 1-2 times per year. When I got a bigger phone, it became a couple times a month, and it’s uncomfortable. Currently, because I don’t want the bulk of a pop socket, but want the one hand grip benefits, I cut two slits in my case and added a loop of kite repair tape that, when I need, I slide a finger though.

        I shouldn’t need to do that because my phone is so big I cat reach the whole screen without 2 hands.

      • Ginger@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Doesn’t solve the small hands ergonomics aspect, but yeah, bigger pockets would be nice. I’ll take whichever quality of life improvements I can get, though.

        • blakerboy777@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          Do flip phones solve that? It’s just as big when open, the flip part is just so it fits nicer in your pocket.

          • BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one
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            1 year ago

            Yeah that lost me too. Many standard phones have a much smaller footprint than the flip phones once they’re open, and imo a hinged portion that moves when pressure is applied makes it easier to drop, not more difficult. Like with where my fingers are on the back of my phone now, if I move them I could push the top portion closed if it were a flip phone.